Duet for Carmen & Dizzy (Left Panel) ARTISTS_Odili D. Odita Bouton grew up in Paris

Bouton grew up in Paris

The voices of the ancestors speak through me

ShadowSpirits at Dusk continues the notion of melding figurative shadow images in an elusive fog-like spatial context

held in place only by the strength of a few finishing nails

Collaborating Printers: Leslie Friedman

Duet for Carmen & Dizzy (Left Panel) ARTISTS_Odili D. Odita Bouton grew up in ParisFrom the Artist Duet for Carmen & Dizzyis a [two part, or diptych] tribute homage to the late Carmen McRae and John Birks (Dizzy) Gillespie. The image grows out of a series of images which have developed over a 20 year period and continues to be built upon. The left half [this print] refers to Dizzy Gillespie, horn player. The rectangular form and various lines represent "Dizzy" and the circle with spiraling lines represent the source and emanations